Patent attributes
A method for displaying information to a driver of a vehicle includes disposing a camera at a vehicle and disposing a bimodal display at a display region at a windshield of the vehicle. Responsive at least in part to determination that gaze of the driver is not at the display area or gaze of the driver is at the display region and the driver is not focusing at the display region for the threshold period of time, the bimodal display operates in a first mode, where the bimodal display is transmissive of visible light therethrough. Responsive at least in part to determination that gaze of the driver is at the display region and the driver is focusing at the display region for the threshold period of time, the bimodal display operates in the second mode, where images derived from captured image data are displayed at the display region.
